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Islamist terrorists murdered six Israelis, including Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holzman, taken hostage in the Chabad Center during their assault on Mumbai Wednesday, Nov. 26. The sixth victim was found later. Chabad Center was seized together with two big hotels and other high-profile targets across the city.Israeli defense minister said in a Channel 1 TV interview that some of the bodies bore signs that they had been bound hand and foot and the two Israeli women had been killed hours before the men.In New York, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky voiced the outrage of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and conveyed condolences to the families of everyone murdered in Mumbai. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said the atrocity reminds us of how connected the world is in the face of terror.Indian commanders reported the Israeli hostages were killed in the course of the Indian commando raid which began early Friday, Nov. 28. Choppers dropped soldiers on the roof of the Chabad Center which caters to Israeli and Jewish visitors to the city. Later a big hole was blown in an outer wall.DEBKAfile reports the commando raid was agreed by the Indian and Israeli governments when it appeared that the chances of finding living hostages in the Chabad Center were declining as time went by.Four Israelis staying at the Oberoi hotel were rescued with more than 100 hostages.The operation there appears to be over. The bodies of 24 guests were recovered in the rooms.The death toll of the Islamist terrorist assault has risen to 155 with hundreds wounded.On Day 3 of the assault on Mumbai, the terrorists mounted a second attack on city's main rail station already hit Wednesday. DEBKAfile reports that the fresh attack indicates terrorists remained on the loose outside the primary three hostage locations seized Wednesday and may be preparing a second wave of outrages in India's financial center.Indian sources identify the terrorists as Pakistani British citizens.Indian commandoes told the media that the gunmen were obviously well-trained, well-armed, under 30 and they showed no remorse, firing at anybody they saw.As in the days of Noah...
